SSB Head Görgün Calls for Defence Partnership with Saudi Arabia

Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün, head of Türkiye’s Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB), said Türkiye is ready to develop joint projects and help set up centres of excellence in Saudi Arabia, in line with the Kingdom’s target of at least 50 percent localisation in its defence industry by 2030.

Speaking at the Türkiye-Saudi Arabia Defence Industry Days in Istanbul, Görgün said they have held 75 meetings over the past three and a half years and want to extend cooperation with GAMI, SAMI and JAD to local production and the supply chain.

Görgün added that nearly 4,500 SMEs operate in the Turkish defence industry and that more than 1,400 projects have a total value of about $100 billion.